UPDATED: Beano and Dandy calendars
Following on from a previous post ( here ) about Oor Wullie calendars I realised that there must be other DC Thomson calendars out there so I set off to google Beano calendars - so here's my guide to collecting them... Don't forget you can review Commando calendars here and Judge Dredd calendars here New material (2024 calendar) is highlighted in red but the summary of where I'm up to now is that I have images for calendars for 1986-2024 apart from 2013 and a 'skinny' 2005 calendar (assuming it exists). Of course there could be more out there so if I missed anything just let me know. Beano calendar 1986 Beano calendar 1987 Beano calendar 1988 Beano calendar 1989 Beano calendar 1990 Beano calendar 1991 Interestingly the 1992 edition has a reference that says "Number 7" in the top right cover - indicating that this is the 7th edition of the calendar... ...hmmm, and the 1993 calendar says "Number 8"... ...hmmm, and the 1994 calendar says "Number 9"... There was also a Beano and Dandy calendar for 1994 ...think the 1995 one says 'number 10' in the top right corner Finally found an image of the 1996 calendar (number 11 in the top right corner)... Here's the 1997 calendar - you'll see from the back cover picture that this is (helpfully) number as number 12 so there must have been a calendar for 1996 (to be number 11) The 1998 calendar The 1999 calendar (left) and the envelope it came in (right) The 2000 calendar (right) and the envelope it came in (left) Finally the 2001 calendars have been identified - yay! Here's the 2002 calendar Another 2002 calendar 2003 calendar Then 2004... No 2005 calendar (I think!) so here's the 2006 edition... Hmmm, so for 2004 and 2006 it seems there were 2 calendars for Beano fans... Here's a great collection of calendars... The top row shows (in order) 2015, 2016, 2012 and 2014. The bottom row shows (in order) Dandy Beano 2013 and then Beano 2017, 2011 and 2010. So that's 2010-2017 in total Here are some better images for that 2010 calendar ...a slightly better look at the 2012 calendar The 'skinny' 2013 calendar available from Marks & Spencer... The 2015 calendar... The 2016 calendar The 2017 calendar... ...And then the Beano 2018 calendar... ...and here we are for 2019... ...and here's the Beano calendar offering for 2020... and now here is the Beano calendar for 2021... and now the Beano calendar for 2022... and now the Beano calendar for 2023... and now the Beano calendar for 2024... In 2001 Beanobooks put out (at least) 3 calendars related to other characters... Beano books also produced a Dandy calendar for 2002... The Minnie the Minx and Dennis the Menace calendars at the bottom of the next image are new to me... If you're interested in comic calendars then here are the links to the other calendar themes that I've covered... 1). Beano & Dandy calendars are here 2). Commando calendars are here 3). Judge Dredd calendars are here 4). Broons calendars are above 5). Oor Wullie is here 6). Dan Dare calendar is here 7). Miscellaneous calendars are here 8). Viz calendars are here 9). Asterix calendars are here 10). Andy Capp calendars are here 11). Tintin calendars are here
